Arno Peck

Privacy Lite Video Embeds for YouTube replaces YouTube embeds with lightweight local placeholders.
Fast video embeds for YouTube. Nothing loads until click.
Trademark note: this is a third-party plugin and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google.
Before the visitor clicks, the frontend loads only local resources from the site:
<ul>
<li>local HTML markup;</li>
<li>local CSS from the plugin;</li>
<li>local JavaScript from the plugin;</li>
<li>locally cached video thumbnail, when available.</li>
</ul>
The YouTube player is created only after user interaction and uses the privacy-enhanced <code>youtube-nocookie.com</code> embed domain.
This can help reduce external frontend requests, improve perceived loading performance, and provide a more privacy-friendly default behavior for embedded YouTube videos.
Important: this plugin is a technical privacy/performance aid. It does not constitute legal advice and does not by itself guarantee compliance with privacy laws. Site owners remain responsible for their own privacy notices, consent setup, and legal assessment.
<h4>Main features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Replaces Gutenberg YouTube embed blocks.</li>
<li>Optional replacement scope for all YouTube videos found in post content.</li>
<li>Replaces classic oEmbed output when scope is set to “All”.</li>
<li>Replaces manually pasted YouTube iframes when scope is set to “All”.</li>
<li>Downloads YouTube thumbnails server-side into the WordPress uploads directory.</li>
<li>Serves thumbnails locally from <code>/wp-content/uploads/privacy-lite-video-embeds/</code>.</li>
<li>Falls back to a local CSS placeholder when no thumbnail can be downloaded.</li>
<li>Loads YouTube only after click.</li>
<li>Uses <code>youtube-nocookie.com</code> for the iframe player.</li>
<li>Optional privacy/consent text in the placeholder.</li>
<li>Optional autoplay after click.</li>
<li>Customizable overlay play button color.</li>
<li>Accessible button markup with keyboard support.</li>
<li>Admin tool to scan content and generate missing thumbnails.</li>
<li>Admin tool to clear the local thumbnail cache.</li>
<li>Privacy policy helper text for the WordPress privacy tools.</li>
</ul>

Privacy Lite Video Embeds for YouTube

Fast video embeds for YouTube. Nothing loads until click.

mathewemoore

RESTposts is the ultimate FREE tool to display and embed posts from WordPress websites. You can use the built-in shortcode generator tool to create the perfect shortcode to display the posts any way you like. Select how many posts you want to display and set your options. Choose from 1, 2, 3 and 4 column display modes with the ability to show or hide the post dates, featured images, excerpts and more! RESTposts is great for websites that want to show posts from other subsites within their multisite network. Just copy and paste the url of the WordPress website you want to display posts from and go!
Features of RESTposts include, but are not limited to:
<ul>
<li>Easy shortcode generator to setup your posts to display.</li>
<li>1, 2, 3 and 4 column display modes.</li>
<li>Sidebar Widget.</li>
<li>Customize the post display to your liking.</li>
<li>Choose how many posts to display.</li>
<li>Option to activate shortcodes in the widget sidebar.</li>
<li>Button to one-click copy the shortcode from the generator.</li>
<li>Button to reset shortcode generator to defaults.</li>
</ul>

RESTposts

Embed posts from your site or others into posts and pages using WP REST API. Great for multisite networks. Sidebar widget included.

Privacy Lite Video Embeds for YouTube vs RESTposts